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A spokesman told mourners: “We call for justice from the Indian legal system and appeal to the Indian authorities for a full, diligent, transparent and open investigation into all aspects of this crime and have real faith that with their help full justice will be served and the truth known which will provide some small comfort to the family.”

And he added: “Words and thoughts can do little at a time like this to help us understand how such an awful tragedy can happen and especially to someone so full of life and love as Danielle.”

The Irish Mirror reports that the vigil was held at the Amazing Grace Viewing Platform on the Fishing Green.

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Mourners were presented with memorial cards in memory of Danielle while hundreds of candles were lit in her honour.

On the memorial cards were pictures of Daniel and some of her last words which she left on her Facebook account.

The message read: “I am very grateful and the luckiest person I know... off on another adventure.”

One of Danielle’s younger sisters, Sian, who was accompanied by another sister Jolene, said her sister was always doing kind acts for others.

“Danielle was one of the kindest person you could ever meet. She told me once that you could do a lot of acts of kindness but it is no longer an act of kindness if you tell someone.

“She was so giving even if she had very little to give. She will always be my role model because of her attitude to life. No matter how far away in the world she was, we knew we were never far away in her thoughts.

“Her smile touched so many lives and her hair shone brighter than the sun.

"She will be the brightest star in the sky forever. We will miss you as much as we love you the whole way around the world and back again,” she said.

Louise McMenamin, a close friend of Danielle’s said her friend just exuded everything that was positive about life.

“I cannot even begin to comprehend what happened to my friend Danielle or how she suffered in her final moments.

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"It is something I keep thinking over and over in my head and I don’t think I will ever understand why - why this has happened to her.

“Danielle was one of the kindest and caring people I knew. She had so much compassion and was filled with complete happiness.

"I used to love her coming through my door because her smile used to light up the whole room. She had such a positive energy about her that it made me feel better just by being in her presence.

“I do know that any other woman on this planet should to have to die in fear like she did. This is where we have to stand together and show the world that we need justice for Danielle,” she said.

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Her former school principal at Scoil Mhuire, Buncrana, Mr Liam Rainey, described Danielle as a firecracker who always enjoyed herself and how she had enjoyed a ten-year reunion with former classmates last Christmas.

“Everyone Knew Danielle and she got involved in everything and couldn’t say no. She always saw the glass half-full.

“She looked out for all the younger pupils in school and had that caring nature about her.

“She fizzed around the school and was a firecracker. I didn’t know half the stories that went on and I don’t need to know them."

Christy Duffy, a friend of Danielle’s who helped raise more than €40,000 (£34,500) through a fundraising campaign for her funeral, repatriation and legal costs, said everyone had gathered with one common goal.

“I’d just like to say it’s wonderful to have you all here, each I’m sure for your own different reasons, and each with different memories and stories of Danielle, but all I know with a common goal, the common goal of paying tribute to a friend, a relative, an acquaintance or maybe even to honour a stranger with whom you feel you have gotten to know from the outpouring of beautiful stories throughout this past week.